diff --git a/ambassador/src/delegate_to_methods.rs b/ambassador/src/delegate_to_methods.rs
index 69a4899..4a2940d 100644
--- a/ambassador/src/delegate_to_methods.rs
+++ b/ambassador/src/delegate_to_methods.rs
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ fn delegate_single_attr(
 
     if added_deref {
         res = quote! {
+            #[allow(clippy::unused_unit)]
             const _: () = {
                 #[allow(unused_imports)]
                 use ::core::ops::{Deref as _, DerefMut as _};
diff --git a/ambassador/tests/clippy-issue81.rs b/ambassador/tests/clippy-issue81.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f7b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ambassador/tests/clippy-issue81.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//! Ensures that the `clippy::unused_unit` lint doesn't fire when .
+//!
+//! Only catches the error when run with clippy.
+#![deny(clippy::unused_unit)]
+
+#[ambassador::delegatable_trait]
+pub trait Shout {
+    fn shout(&self, input: &str) -> String;
+}
+
+#[ambassador::delegate_to_remote_methods] // lint triggered here
+#[delegate(Shout, target_ref = "deref")]
+impl<'a, T: Shout> Shout for &'a T {}